"Aiisa condom manufacturer wins lawsuit against Georgia in Strasbourg court", 23 July 2021

Georgian condom manufacturer Aiisa has won a lawsuit against the Georgian government in the Strasbourg court. Three years ago, the Tbilisi City Court fined the company with GEL 500 [about $ 150] “for insulting national morality and dignity”. The reason for this was the image of the Georgian queen Tamar drawn in the comic style (the queen is canonized), as well as the symbol of Tbilisi – the statue of “Mother Georgia” on the condom packaging.

As a result, condoms were banned from further use. Later, the Georgian Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the city court.

...The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Tbilisi Court violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which deals with freedom of expression.

It was also decided that a ban on the design used for condom packaging would not fall within the parameters of the European Convention “as these packagings do not endanger the public”.